Cars

Back in 2009 the city tried an experiment, closing Broadway to traffic from 42nd to 47th street, and creating pedestrian plazas. It worked so well that it was decided the area would remain permanently closed to traffic.

Anyone who chose to drive through Times Square was a fool anyway, so this basically forced a whole bunch of people to be smarter.

Dick Clark

Up until his passing in 2012, Dick Clark was synonymous with New Year’s Eve. His New Year’s Rockin’ Eve was THE show people watched if they wanted to see the ball drop, and he was always the first person to wish us a happy new year.

Now we have the confusingly titled Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest, which rolls off the tongue about as well as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.